Funnel



. G. HEIMGARTNER.

FUNNEL.

APPLICATION FILED APH. ZI. I9I'7.

'Patented Mar. 16, 1920. y

landfresiding Cook .and-Stute of Illinois, have mvented Y' new zandluseful Improvements'.in fFunnels;

' of; which th'e .following is faffu'lhf Vcleans-colt:

i oise,andexacbdescniption, Y l haito athefaouompanying draumg-,lfommg "in ivf urrther iobeet iis the production-.ena

. vice b means of whichfthefiiowiotud" eimmelmaylheinstantly-oheched t Y' Vz5( v `embodiment' ofyvhich is illustratedjin the* awayj rdevice; y. Y Like numerals of reference `indicate like- 351 1l J-parts in the several figures ,anydesiredtime j a A'u'rther, objectjis the-producimon of a de# vice ofsimple" and e'leient construction, one-".5 that can' be ycheaply manufactured and'not-.

liable todisarrangementof parts.

` `These and suoh other objects asmay herekvy inafter appear are attained by my device,'an

` accompanying drawing inv Which-'ff` v1 represents a seetion`al, ,vievvfof my device with partsV broken away."

` of my? ed to slide lFigure L Fig. Qrepresents a seotionalyiew device in closed position with parts` broken ofthe drawing;

Referring now tothe drawings, flre' re-l sent'si a funnel preferably A Y handle Q, and a discharge w AhollowA 5 extends fun- 4.5

bottom ofthe spout arranged with aseries of openings 4 extending about'thel periphery, formingan outletfor the in the.;

funnel.

. per supporting member mounted on lthe V top ofthe funnel. il At thetopof the spout aperforated .plate perforatedV plate 7 is provided and a' second through 'both ofV which passes, thus "assuring vertical`movement of the rod. The second yplatefS is positioned.

8 is positioned at the bottom of vthe'spo'ut,V

just above the openingsft and forms astop Vthe rod. It will Vthusl'be noted that-'theupf Fig- 2 :am pended. b'elowglthe freference'fzbeingV oflinetalfvvit VVav spout 3 .near the i 3.1,l forces the member platesthe Y rod 5:

it .fis inai'tsvnppermost `-positi1on@as shown `in v a vfloat illflpositionedl-stheneing 1A' :roda fl'ffzis up thmoufgh the f .center/of v the member -6 and terminates anfiindicaiting button i3.. .A

angles` tofthefrodf-F shown in the drawing's5.- thisft em'ber an rextension othejhandle f2.2

noted at 18.7N uts pjof the rod; above and belowthe memj ber: 'j U Y: Y, v.

The frame '-luhas; y@H1-.opening 21 in itsv `topso; positioned that -vvhen the cap 13 apf l vpears ftherethroughf'.

A itfindieates that it is time lto olos'e'the funneland prevent the further vdischarge ofruid'as Will vbe Yhe IQinaQIr f f v desorlbed.

A valve abling' it to pass latched supporting vmember'Qli and a lever Of'the opening 29 "in Vthe member of a spring 31',.the other lIt VWillvbejnoted by reference to Fig. 2 that when the-'Catch 16, raising Vit up fand anyY more ofthe liquidfrom the funnel. l

supportingmember 22 is mountl onthelmember 14 and at itsI for`" 7.1 Ward end is curved as indicated at 23, enunderVV the curvedvendlSof The ,member 22' has a 25 ismountedlon the pivot 26,' the lever te'r-V lI,ninatingA in the lcatoh 27 yadapted-to be lfor'oedfintoi yand out` oi"l engagement with the VV edge y28 14.1 l The member 24 Vhas a i downwardly projectingear30 to Which is attached oneend endY of the springj.

f `'being attached to a bossv32gsurrounding the Y I lpiston below the .end of the 'member 14'. nel, passing through an;i pe11i -I1g....inY anY uiv is tripped theV spring -22..under the member Y holding the valve inV Juppermostposition, closing the 's'po ut near 'Y Y' :the .bottom `andpreventinjg Vthe .discharge of i `Intlie operation offfmydevicethe valve being in closed intoa receptacle. i lThe end of the spout is kdropped into.V the receptacle, the-funnel bepositionl as shovv'njin Fig. 2, the funnel is fil'ledvvithliquid to bev emptied forthe valve 9mounted near the bottom of` y ing grasped'by the handle. The catch is f i 29, locking the funnel open. The fluid Vthen iows from the funnel into the receptacle ber-.3,

'pulled forward, dropping into the opening ing filled. In the event Vthat it is necessary to. pour a considerable amount of liquid into the liquid will be poured dithe receptacle, rectly into the funnel fromsome other receptacle until such a time as the receptacle is' nearly full.V v'TheheightVoip-the liquid within the receptaclefbeing indicated by theV position of the-capl, the. moment the cap r `13 y reaches and passes through ,the opening in the top frame, thejcatch is thrown out of; engagement withl the edge; 28 ofthe *opening 29 and the sprin '31 pullsthe member '22 into place under t e member 16, thus forcing the memberJ and the rod carried by it up 'into the position shown in Fig.i2, 1n-which posi-i tion the valve Yistightly lclosed, preventing the passage of Vany1'. more' iuid romfthe fun# nel into the receptacle.

The funnel may. be `made of desired size tohold one quart, two quartsor more andthe mechanism fof therloat maybeV so accurately"adjustedlas to make itpossiblc toV fill anysize oi'bottle or receptacle to anydesired height "without wasting `any appre-` ciable amount of the l er Itwis of course understood that while l have shown a particular trippingv mecha- `nisin and means for locking thepiston so as )below said plate, a rod extending upwardlyr into said funnel, spring controlled means mounted Vonfthe top ofsaid funnel Vvfor locksaid valve in closed position, fa manually ing trolledf` means :in inoperative position, a float `mounted below said valve, and an indicating rod secured to said float and vpassing up the level of through said funnel whereby4 e'being Vlled the fluid within. la yreceptac may be indicated.

In witness whereofl have hereunto sub' scribed my Y sol of mechanism that can be adapted to this e .operated latchA `for holding said spring coni Y. Y y 

